Infographic: The NSA Unchained

Late Friday afternoon, the government asked the Supreme Court to dismiss our lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a 2008 law gives the government unprecedented authority to monitor Americans’ international emails and phone calls.

Through powers granted through the 2008 FISA Amendments Act — the authority that our lawsuit challenges — the National Security Agency (NSA) collects and stores mountains of information every day. Our new infographic details some of the ways in which the NSA is spying on Americans.